Rowling has written four nonpotter books three under a pseudonym and kept up a steady conversation with her fans across the globe on her twitter page and pottermore website. Rowling, british author, creator of the popular and critically acclaimed harry potter series, about a young sorcerer in training. Harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two special. Harry potter and the deathly hallows is the name of the seventh and harry potter book.
Rowling their burning questions about harry potter. Harry potter author jk rowlings script of the stage play harry potter and the cursed child is going to be published as a book moments after midnight on 31 july timed to coincide with the boy. The play opened on broadway on 22 april 2018 at the lyric theatre, with. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter.
An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story. Rowling sets the record straight on the 8th harry potter book. The first official theatrical adaptation of the harry. Its set 19 years after her seventh, harry potter and the. The play will receive its world premiere in londons west end on july 30. New harry potter book from jk rowling coming out in july. It is officially the eighth story in harry potter canon and a new play by jack thorne. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire.
On february 3, 2000, classrooms across america went online to ask j. Rowling has strongly hinted for the first time that she could write an eighth book in the series. Rowling controls the ebook and audiobook rights for the harry potter franchise, and adding new digital material in ebook form could drive digital backlist sales. As mugglenet noted, a bid from a publisher doesnt necessarily mean the book will ever see the light of day. We are so thrilled to be publishing the script of harry potter and the. Its release date is set for july 31, 2016, marking harrys 36th birthday. The play opens in londons west end this summer, based on an original new story by j.
Bbc news entertainment jk rowling hints at eighth potter. Rowling decide to write an eighth harry potter book. This news was announced at the end of december 2006. Now the writer who turned the seven book harry potter series into a moneyminting machine reminds us. Rowling is of course the infamous english author, who wrote the harry potter series of books i still prefer enid blyton.
Jk rowlings eighth harry potter story will be published this summer. The books have been translated into over 80 languages, won multiple awards, and sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, becoming the. Unlike the other books, this story is written like a script. Rowling has taken to twitter to field questions about the eighth harry potter book. The cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and we have the synopsis to share with you it was always difficult being harry potter and it isnt much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the ministry of. I could definitely write an eighth, ninth, tenth book, said rowling in a 2010 interview with oprah.
Rowlings other works included a mystery series featuring the detective cormoran strike. Rowling, is a british author and screenwriter best known for her seven book harry potter childrens book series. Rowling is the author of the seven harry potter novels, which have sold. Rowling, seen here at a fundraiser for her childrens charity, lumos, gave harry potter fans a glimmer of hope for an eighth book during an appearance on today. Mar 05, 2004 rowling s latest installment, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, sold 12 million copies in the united states alone after its june release, and earned scholastic, her american publisher. The fifth book, troubled blood, will be published in 2020. Rowling says, i might do an eighth book for charity, a kind of encyclopedia of the world so i could use all the. May, 2007 the seventh novel harry potter and the deathly hallows hits bookstores on 21 july 07, and while rowling has always insisted it would be the last chapter of the phenomenally successful series she is now considering an eighth book. The play, written by jack thorne, is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series by jk rowling. It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. The cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and we have the synopsis to share with you it was always difficult being harry potter and it isnt much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the ministry of magic, a husband and father of three schoolage children.
The transcript below reveals plot elements from books in the harry potter series. The official playscript of the original west end production paperback july 25, 2017. Now the writer who turned the sevenbook harry potter series into a. In 2001, the film adaptation of the first book was released by warner bros. Rowling wont say yes to more harry potter, but shes not exactly saying no, either the author of one of the most famous childrens book. In october 2015, rowling announced via pottermore that a twopart play she had coauthored with playwrights jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child, was the eighth harry potter story and that it would focus on the life of harry potter s youngest son albus after the epilogue of harry potter and the deathly hallows. The fifth book, troubled blood, is to be published in 2020.
Feb 10, 2016 when diehard harry potter fans first heard that j. Rowling will publish her eighth harry potter story this summer according to the telegraph, the script of harry potter and the cursed child, the play rowling revealed in october. The little, brown book group is the successful publishers. Six further bestselling books and eight blockbuster films followed. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Nine years after publication of the last novel in the bestselling series about the boy wizard, what has been billed as the epic 8th harry potter story. Rowling discusses potential eighth harry potter book. K rowling will release two new harry potter books this year. Rowling, jack thorne and john tiffany, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc.
Rowling, john tiffany, and jack thorne, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage. Rowling has revealed more details about harry potter and the cursed child, a twopart play that will open in londons west end next. Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its written by none other than jk rowling subscribe to pop trigger. Apr 09, 2019 harry potter and the cursed child is officially the eighth novel on the jk rowling book list. Jul 31, 2016 the book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease and nerdsdressingincloaks fanfare of yesteryear. Rowlings new play will be the eighth harry potter story. Rowling, jack thorne, and john tiffany, a new play by jack thorne, harry potter and the cursed child is the eighth story in the harry potter series and the first official harry potter story to be presented on stage.
All of these 7 books have been the most favorite ones among kids and teenagers. Rowlings 2008 harvard commencement speech was published in 2015 as an illustrated book, very good lives. The fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination. Rowling, is a british author and screenwriter best known for her sevenbook harry potter childrens book series.
Referred to by many fans as the scottish book aptly named so after jo rowling said that she didnt even want to think about writing it for a few more years, labeling it similar to a play by shakespeare that is bad luck for any who mention its name, the eighth book would serve as a compendium of all the knowledge of the potter universe. Probably the most famous author in the world, rowling was the first author to become a billionaire. The series has sold more than 500 million copies and was adapted into a. Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released.
In the book that started it all understatement of the century, harry potter discovers his true identity in the wee hours of his eleventh birthday. Rowling is writing a new book, perhaps series, in the harry potter universe. Harry potter book series 7 books harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. The playscript for harry potter and the cursed child was originally released as a special rehearsal edition alongside the opening of jack thornes play in londons west end in summer 2016.
Rowling wont say yes to more harry potter, but shes not exactly saying no, either the author of one of the most famous childrens book series, made into hit films, recently chatted with. Its a bittersweet moment, as the first harry potter book was released 19. The first harry potter book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, was published in 1997 to immediate popular and critical acclaim. The book, which is branded as the official eighth story in the harry potter series, was published sunday to all the midnightrelease and. Popular opinion is that it will be set before the first harry potter book, in what is commonly known as the marauder era, involving harry potters parents and their generation. The story begins 19 years after the events of harry potter and the deathly hallows featuring harry potter, now a ministry of magic employee, and his younger son albus severus potter who is about to attend hogwarts. Orphan harry learns he is a wizard on his 11th birthday when hagrid escorts him to magicteaching hogwarts school. Rowling, mary grandpre october 1998 order in the next 7 hours 26 minutes and get it by tuesday, march 03. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get. Feb 10, 2016 harry potter author jk rowlings script of the stage play harry potter and the cursed child is going to be published as a book moments after midnight on 31 july timed to coincide with the boy.
K rowling will release two new harry potter books this. Rowling announces ebook series, pottermore presents. On top of the harry potter series, jk rowling has written a few supplemental books that tie in to the harry potter. Rowling hints at eighth harry potter book we already know j. The seventh novel harry potter and the deathly hallows hits bookstores on 21 july 07, and while rowling has always insisted it would be the last chapter of the phenomenally successful series she is now considering an eighth book.
The bestselling author of the wizard series told time magazine she had had weak moments when she has said yeah, all right to an eighth book. Jul 20, 2017 i could definitely write an eighth, ninth, tenth book, said rowling in a 2010 interview with oprah. Aug 01, 2016 a companion book was released at midnight on july 31 which just so happens to be both harry and rowlings birthdays. The book will be published in hardback and ebook in the us and canada by scholastic. On july 21, 2007, rowling released harry potter and the deathly hallows. Harry potter and the cursed child is the book that follows the original seven harry potter books. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. Rowling teen vogue if youve been waiting for an owl to bring you news of a new book about harry potter or another play starring his son, its time to learn that, like your hogwarts letter, theyre probably never coming. Rowling has revealed more details about harry potter and the cursed child, a twopart play that will open in londons west end next year. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based on an original story by j. New details on cursed child, the eighth harry potter story. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. The books are written around the life of a kid named harry potter who is the son of two powerful wizards murdered by an evil wizard voldemort.
Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two. In october 2015, rowling announced via pottermore that a twopart play she had coauthored with playwrights jack thorne and john tiffany, harry potter and the cursed child, was the eighth harry potter story and that it would focus on the life of harry potters youngest son albus after the epilogue of harry potter and the deathly hallows. Harry potter and the cursed child is being dubbed as the eighth story in the series. Feb 12, 2016 jk rowling caused a ripple of dismay on social media on thursday when she confirmed that the script for the forthcoming harry potter play, which is to be published as a book in july, was not. Rowling s original intention for writing as robert galbraith was for the books to be judged on their own merit, and to establish galbraith as a wellregarded name in crime in its own right. Rowling, 42, admits she has weak moments when she feels she will pen. Jk rowling drops hints of possible eighth harry potter book.
To many, the eighth book is not a story that continues the legacy of harry, but instead a potential reference used to tie up the many unanswered question and loose ends. Harry potter and the cursed child picks up after that moment and is staged in two parts, due to the epic nature of the story. Jk rowling unveils eighth novel, harry potter and the cursed child by ebony bowden updated february 11, 2016 8. Jun 20, 2018 harry potter and the deathly hallows, book 7. Dec 30, 2007 jk rowling says she has not ruled out an eighth harry potter novel, although she is unlikely to consider writing it for another 10 years. Jk rowlings eighth harry potter story will be published. The novels were adapted into a number of blockbuster films. A companion book was released at midnight on july 31 which just so happens to be both harry and rowlings birthdays. Harry potter author jk rowling has always said that the seventh harry potter book harry potter and the deathly hollows would be the last in the series. Rowlings latest installment, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, sold 12 million copies in the united states alone after its june release, and earned scholastic, her american publisher. Rowling finished the seventh book in her hotel room at the balmoral in edinburgh.
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